Beechwood–Brookline station
Beechwood–Brookline station | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Edgewood and Strathmore Roads Haverford Township, Pennsylvania. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°59′11″N 75°17′30″W / 39.9865°N 75.2916°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | SEPTA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Third rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Beechwood Park (1907–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Beechwood–Brookline station is a SEPTA Metro rapid transit station in Haverford Township, Pennsylvania. It serves the M and is located at Edgewood and Strathmore Roads, although SEPTA gives the address as Beechwood and Karakung Drives. All trains stop at Beechwood–Brookline. The station lies 2.5 track miles (4.0 km) from 69th Street Transit Center. It serves the walkable, pre-War neighborhoods of Beechwood and Brookline. It is also situated closely to Haverford's middle and high schools. The station has off-street parking available.
The land use around the station is single-family residential and recreation. There is a small shopping district on Edgewood Road in the Brookline/Penfield neighborhoods. It has the third highest boardings of Haverford Township stations, after Ardmore Junction and Penfield, taking 5 minutes to arrive at 69th Street Transportation Center. 69% of commuters parking at the station live within a mile of the station and 36% live within a half mile. There is no bicycle infrastructure at the station.
The station is located near the Haverford Heritage Trail, a segment of trail in the Powder Mill Valley that is part of the proposed Forge-to-Refuge circuit trail.